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Quarterly talk: Dams, Council's raise, and (maybe) a free Tribal newspaper
PABLO - It was a small group of people who learned April 4 that the Council would reconsider making The Char-Koosta News a free paper once again.
The occasion was the second quarterly meeting of 1986, and the announcement came after a morning's worth of complaints about the $10 subscription fee enacted last October.
Complaints leading to the reconsideration of the issue included: people being kept in the dark about Tribal affairs because the administration doesn't use the free, non-Indian local press as promised; distrust of the Tribal government because it stopped free distribution of the Tribal newspaper ("What are you hiding?"); concern over the cost of sending the minutes to 42 Tribal members at a postage cost of $128-11.58 per batch; the $14,000 taken away from the
paper's budget [They were excess funds anyway, due to a fallen circulation . . . Editor]; and the Council's recently approved wage increase.
Chairman Ron Therriault pointed out that the paper's free distribution was stopped as a budget-cutting measure. The people complained that Tribal government cost too much, he said. Making the paper available for a small fee was seen as one way to cut the expenses of a government service, (Concludes on page two)
Special meetings in April
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A number of meetings are being held this month to dicuss a variety of important current issues.
The April quarterly has, of course, passed, as will have this evening's district meeting in Elmo by the time you read this.
Still to come, however, is the special general meeting in Pablo this Saturday (the 19th) beginning at 9 a.m. in the Council's chambers. According to a radio announcement, the meeting's main topic will be the dam proposal
being spearheaded by two Tribal members. Other topics will be chosen by the audience.
The combined Ronan-Pablo-Polson district meeting will be next Thursday evening (the 24th) beginning at 630 p.m. in the Council's Pablo chambers. Discussion about Ordinance 44C, which is a revision of the existing fishing and hunting ordinance, will be the evening's highlight.
A meal will be served at both the 19th and 24th meetings.
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Second quarter budget summary....................Page 2
Elmo speed-zone woes.............................Page 4
Letters section perks up............................Page 7
Elders are asked: 'How to spend the $100,000?'........Page 9
SportsrCouncil whips on college....................Page 11
Places to go, things to do in Indian Country..........Page 12